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Bill: Power to the Workers
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kommunisticheskiy Komitet Rabochih
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2593
Description[?]:
| We believe in allowing everyone a say in the economic condition of our country, and not just the rich. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:20:20, June 17, 2008 CET | From | Partija Kontr-Revoljucionerov | To | Debating the Power to the Workers |
| Message | But the rich set up businesses? |
| Date | 16:21:25, June 17, 2008 CET | From | Kommunisticheskiy Komitet Rabochih | To | Debating the Power to the Workers |
| Message | Only by virtue of being rich. |
| Date | 16:27:54, June 17, 2008 CET | From | Partija Kontr-Revoljucionerov | To | Debating the Power to the Workers |
| Message | So who will establish new businesses if this passes? |
| Date | 17:11:43, June 17, 2008 CET | From | Kommunisticheskiy Komitet Rabochih | To | Debating the Power to the Workers |
| Message | Business is an inherently capitalist institution - under a socialist society, there would be no need for new businesses, as the boom and bust cycle of capitalism will be gone. Of course new operations will have to be created to deal with technological change, but these will be implemented by workers councils. We feel this system would be more efficient - the workers on the ground have a much better understanding of how to employ new technology, rather than the capitalist class who judge a new technology by the bottom line of whether it can turn a profit or not. |
| Date | 03:19:08, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Family and Tradition Party (disbanded) | To | Debating the Power to the Workers |
| Message | Truly bizarre. The DLP wants to completely wreak havoc on our GDP and make us the economic laughing stock of the world. |
| Date | 18:13:48, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Korporatsia Ignatova | To | Debating the Power to the Workers |
| Message | On the whole, we'd suggest your foreign policy has already achieved that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 248 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 307 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun." - Ralph Nader |